Stand for electric irons.



w. E. MAYO.

STAND FOR ELECTRIC IRONS.

APPLICATION ruin AUG. 15. 1916.

1 2%5,941. Patented Nov. 6, 191?.

LTE E.'1VIAYO, or HQrEWEL'L; VIRGINIA;

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i Specification-of Letters latent; i I Patented 6, 191?".

' Application filed August 15, Seria1 i1ij i.115,044.

To all, whom it may concern l Be it known thatI, WALTER E. MAYo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopewell, in the county of Prince George and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands for Electric Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,..c lear, and enact description of the invention, such as 'wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stands for electric irons and the principal object of the invention is to provide a stand which will hold the iron in such a manner that the same may be used as a stove or heater.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be easily and cheaply constructed by stamping out the parts from sheet metal and assembling the device as will be more fully hereinafter described.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device for surrounding the iron to provide a heating drum in order that the same may be used as a heater. i With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear end view of the stand showing a portion thereof in section to more clearly illustrate the details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on line 4. l of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the base of the device which consists of a rectangular blank of sheet metal having attached thereto the frame designated generally by the numeral 2. This frame consists of a front wall 3 having formed integral therewith the side walls 4. As shown in the drawings the front and side walls are formed at their lower ends with the outturned flanges 5 which are riveted or otherwise secured to the bottom 1. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3 the upper end of the stand 2 is larger than the lower end provided with the outturned flanges 6 which are riveted or otherwise attached to the table or platform designated, generally by the numeral 7. This table or platform 7 consists of a disk provided at itsperiphery with'upturned flanges 9 and'formed with a centralopening' 10 which is shaped to conform to the bottom of the iron in connection withjwhichjthe device'is used.

In order to supportthe iron n place the side walls 4 are each provided with spaced slits 11 which are connected at. the, lower,

terminals by a slit 12. It will thus be seen that the tongues 13 are provided which are bent inwardly and incline upwardly as illustrated in Fig. 1 to engage the upper side of the iron when the same is inverted in order to hold said iron in place with the bottom arranged in the opening 10. A pair of spaced parallel slits 14 are formed in the front wall of the device and are connected at their upper ends by a slit so as to'form' the tongue 15 which is bent downwardly and inwardly and the point of the iron projects through the opening formed by the inward bending of the tongue and rests on the tongue 15 so that the iron is firmly supported in place.

In use it will be seen that the device is set up in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 and the iron is then slipped in from the rear or open end of the device so that its point rests on the tongue 15 and projects through the opening formed by the slit 14: while the sides and rear portion of the iron rest upon the flanges or tongue 13 and due to the inclination of said tongue it will be seen that the bottom of the iron will be forced up into the opening 10 and will thus be firmly held against accidental movement.

WVhile in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A device of the class described includ ing a base, a frame secured to and extending upwardly from the base, a table supported on the upper ends of the frame, said table provided with an opening adapted to receive the bottom of an iron therein when inverted, and means carried by the frame located beneaththe opening in the table to support an iron in its inverted position within the frame and table opening.

2. A device of the class described comprising a base, a frame secured to the base and extending upwardly therefrom, a table at the upper end of the frame, said table being provided with a central,openingtherein, the opening conforming to the shape of the bottom of an iron, inturned tongues.

formed integrally with the frame for supporting the iron in inverted position within.

and side walls formed integrally therewith attached to and extending upwardly from the base, a table supported at the upper end of the frame, an upturned flange at the edge of the talole the said table being provided with a central opening conforming to the shape of the hottonr of an iron, inturned tongues formed integrally with the side walls of the franiefor supporting an electric iron in inverted positions Within the frame so that. the bottom extends into the openingin the table and an inturned tongue formed on the front wallof the frame for supporting the point of the iron.

In testimony WhereofI afliX my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

' (ALTER E, MAYO. Witnesses l/VM. M. MULLIGAN, C. E. TnLnoT,

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